How To Install RethinkDB on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)

Hey folks!. Our blog guide for today is on how to Install RethinkDB on Ubuntu 18.04 – Bionic Beaver. RethinkDB is the leading Open-source, scalable database for building realtime web applications. It enables you to build amazing realtime applications with dramatically less engineering effort.

RethinkDB is a NoSQL database that stores schemaless JSON documents. It was designed with automatic failover and robust fault tolerance in mind. It exposes a new database access model — instead of polling for changes, the developer can tell the database to continuously push updated query results to applications in realtime.

You’re on your way to database bliss!. Check out the RethinkDB docs and ReQL API. The ten-minute guide will also help you learn how to use the client drivers, get more in-depth information on basic commands, and start writing real applications with RethinkDB.

Option 2: Build from source

Install Build Tools

As of this writing, there is no official APT repository for Ubuntu 18.04 RethinkDB packages. We will, however, build it ourselves from source. Install required build dependencies by running commands below on your terminal.